Pflugerville Independent School District
Department of Curriculum & Assessment
1401 W. Pecan Street – Pflugerville, Texas 78660
Phone (512) 594-0000
Dr. Kenn Heydrick, Secondary Science & Health Coordinator
Health Education
One Semester
Middle School – 7th Grade
Curriculum Framework – August 2007
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In health education, students acquire the health information and skills necessary to become healthy adults and learn about behaviors in which they
should and should not participate. To achieve that goal, students will understand the following: students should first seek guidance in the area of
health from their parents; personal behaviors can increase or reduce health risks throughout the lifespan; health is influenced by a variety of
factors; students can recognize and utilize health information and products; and personal/interpersonal skills are needed to promote individual,
family and community health.
COURSE GOALS
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Develop skills that will enable students to become health-literate adults
Gain a deeper understanding of the knowledge and behaviors people use to safeguard their health, particularly pertaining to health risks
Know how to access accurate information so that students can use to promote health for themselves
Use problem-solving, research, goal-setting and communication skills so that students protect their health and that of the community
MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY
Barbra Robinson, Park Crest Middle School • Victor Vinklarek, Westview Middle School • Carol Peterson, Hendrickson High School
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
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WEEK 1
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Health and Wellness, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-4, pages 2-20
• describe the four parts of health
• explain the difference between health and wellness
• explain how heredity affects your health
• describe how the environment influences your health
• describe how your relationships affect your health
• explain how the media influences your health decisions
• describe how your lifestyle can affect your health
• explain how your attitude influences your health
• identify three ways you can take responsibility for your
health
• identify the nine life skills
• explain how using the life skills improves your health
• describe how to assess your program in learning the life
skills
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 1
Health TEKS:
1A, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B,
6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 8A,
9A, 9B, 10.B, 10E,
11D, 12.B, 12F
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming Video (available on PISD web
site)
• Mental Wellness: Making it Happen (21)
• Teenage Troubles: How to Survive the
Teenage Years (32)
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WEEKS 2 and 3
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Chapter 2
Health TEKS:
Successful Decisions & Goals, Decisions for Health
Teacher’s Edition Textbook
1A, 4A, 4B, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, Lessons 1-7, pages 20-47
9B, 10A, 10B, 10C, 11B, 1C,
• Explain how a good decision is a responsible decision
One Step Planner for power points
11D, 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D,
• Explain the different types of consequences that
12E, 12F
decisions have
United Streaming:
• List the six steps to making good decisions
• Resisting Peer Pressure (25)
• Describe how your values influence your decisions
• Making Decisions, Solving Problems
• Explain the importance of looking at the benefits and
(25)
risks of your options
• Making Right Decisions (18)
• Explain why you should evaluate your decisions
• Making Responsible Choices (22)
• Describe how family and cultural traditions influence
• Sexual Lies: Real Talk, Real Kids,
your decisions
Real Impact (43)
• Explain how peer pressure affects the decisions that you
make
• Identify the media as a major influence in your decision
making
• Explain how your decisions change based on new
information
• Explain why goals are important
• Identify two influences on your goals
• Compare short-term goals and long-term goals
• Describe how goals can help build healthy relationships
• Explain the relationship between goals and success
• Describe how you can learn from your mistakes
• Explain the importance of measuring your progress when
pursuing your goals
• Explain why changing your plans is sometimes part of
reaching your goals
• Explain why communication is important
• Identify four skills that you need to be a good listener
• Identify five refusal skills
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
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WEEKS 4 and 5
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Managing Stress, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-4, pages 156-173
• Discuss stress as a natural part of life
• Distinguish between positive stress and distress
• Identify three sources of stress in your life
• Describe the body’s response to stress
• Distinguish between physical effects and mental or emotional
effects of stress
• Describe two defense mechanisms
• Explain how defense mechanisms can be helpful or harmful
• Identify physical, mental, or emotional signs of stress
• Discuss ways to manage stress
• Identify ways to avoid or prevent distress
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 8
Health TEKS:
1A, 6A, 7A, 10B,
11D, 11E, 11F, 12G
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
 Teenage Stress: Its Manageable (26)
 Stress: Learning How to Handle It (23)
Students take stress test (found on web)
Students can discuss what stressors they have in
common
Students can make Stress Bag in which they put
5 items that represent ways they handle stress
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WEEKS 6 and 7
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Encouraging Healthy Relationships, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-5, pages 174-195
• Explain how relationships can help you stay healthy
• Explain how healthy relationships are like teams
• Explain how people communicate by using words and body
language
• Identify how assertive behavior can help you learn and grow
• Explain why there are a lot of family roles
• Describe four ways that families nurture
• Describe five ways to show respect
• Describe two ways you can work through small family problems
• Identify four serious problems and a way to deal with them
• Explain why tolerance is needed in communities
• List five ways to keep a community healthy
• Explain why healthy friendships are important
• Describe how supporting your friends can help them stay healthy
• Describe three messages sent by healthy forms of affection
• Describe how to identify and resolve an unhealthy relationship
• Explain how abstinence is a way to show that you care about
yourself and others
• Describe how refusal skills can help you maintain abstinence
• Identify a sure way to prevent pregnancy and some diseases
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 9
Health TEKS:
1A, 3B, 4C, 5C, 5D,
5E, 5F, 5I, ,6A, 7A,
7B, 10A, 10C, 10E,
11A, 11B, 11C, 11D,
11E, 11F, 12D, 12E,
12F
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Toxic Relationships (29)
• Learning Relationship Skills (37)
Activities That Teach by Tom Jackson
More Activities That Teach by Tom Jackson
• Both of the above books have several
communication activity exercises
Have students line up in order of their
birthdays without saying one word.
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WEEKS 8 and 9
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Conflict & Violence, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-5, pages 196-217
• Describe three signs that a conflict is happening or is about
to happen
• Identify three reasons that conflicts happen
• Describe how conflicts can happen at home, with peers, and
at school
• Describe the importance of good communication
• Describe body language and its importance
• Identify 5 skills for good listening
• Describe negotiation, compromise, and collaboration
• Identify 5 warning signs that a conflict may be out of
control
• Describe the use of medication for solving out-of-control
conflicts
• Identify 7 skills of a trained mediator
• Describe how a conflict becomes violent
• Identify 4 signs that a conflict may become violent
• Explain the importance of reporting all threats of violence
• Identify 5 ways to control anger
• Identify 5 ways to protect yourself from violent situation
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 10
Health TEKS:
1A, 5A, 5I 5K, 6A,
7A, 7B, 10C, 10D,
11B, 11C, 11D, 11E,
12A, 12B, 12C, 12D,
12E , 12F
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Urban Improv: Bystander Issues &
Bullying (26)
• Welcome Back, Devon (32)
• Flipped: Doing Hard Time (30)
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WEEK 10
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Nutrition and Your Health, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-6, pages 92-111
• Explain how nutrition affects your overall health
• Explain how your body uses food
• Identify 6 factors that affect your food choices
• Explain how your feelings may affect your food choices
• List the 6 classes of essential nutrients
• Explain what each class of essential nutrient does for your
body
• Identify foods that are good sources of the essential
nutrients
• Describe the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Describe how to use the Food Guide Pyramid
• Explain how to read a Nutrition Facts label
• Explain the difference between a serving and a portion
• Explain why eating a healthy breakfast is important
• Describe 3 strategies for making healthy snack choices
• List 7 ways toe at healthy at a fast-food restaurant
• List 6 ways to eat healthy at home
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 5
Health TEKS:
1A, 3A, 4A, 4B, 4C,
5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A,
10A, 12C, 12E
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Reality Matters: Obesity and Nutrition
(30)
• Managing Your Health: Weight Control
(25)
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WEEK 11
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
A Healthy Body, a Healthy Weight, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-4, pages 114-131
• Describe how body image affects your life
• Explain the difference between body image and unhealthy
body image
• Identify 3 influences on your body image
• Describe how I statements can help you build a healthy
body image
• Identify two characteristics of a fad diet
• Describe 3 possible causes of eating disorders
• Describe 3 types of eating disorders
• Describe how to find your healthy weight range
• Describe how to keep a healthy weight
• Explain how your feelings can affect your eating habits
• List 5 ways to make healthy food choices
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 6
Health TEKS:
1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C,
2E, 4A, 4B, 4C, 7A,
7B, 8A, 11A, 11D
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Metabolism (25)
• Reality Matters: Body Image: Extreme
Measures (25)
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WEEKS 12 and 13
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Physical Fitness, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-8, pages 64-91
• describe 4 parts of physical fitness
• explain why you should exercise
• list healthy fitness standards for your age group
• list 5 things that affect your fitness goals
• describe how increasing frequency, intensity, and time of
exercise affects fitness
• estimate your target heart rate zone
• compare aerobic and anaerobic exercise
• describe when the body uses aerobic and anaerobic energy
• describe 5 characteristics of someone who is a good sport
• list 2 places to start playing sports
• describe 2 types of weight training
• compare free weights and machines
• list 7 safety tips for lifting weights
• describe 4 weight training exercises
• describe 6 warning signs of injury
• list 5 signs of overtraining
• describe acute and chronic sports injuries
• list 3 examples of acute injuries
• list 2 examples of chronic injuries
• list 8 ways to avoid injury while exercising
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 4
Health TEKS:
1A, 3A, 4A, 4C, 5A,
5K, 6A, 7A, 8A,
11C, 12F
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Exercise: Feel Good, Think Sharp, Look
Your Best (15)
• Enviro-Tacklebox: Exercise: The
Motion Potion (20)
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WEEK 14
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Chapter 11
Health TEKS:
1A, 3B, 4A, 4C, 5H,
5I, 5J, 5K, 5I, 6A,
7A, 8A, 8B, 10A,
11D, 12A, 12B,12D,
12E, 12F
Teens and Tobacco, Decisions for Health
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Lessons 1-7, pages 218-243
 list 3 chemicals that are produced when a cigarette is lit
One Step Planner
 list 5 effects of tobacco on your body that appear early in a
cigarette habit
United Streaming:
 describe health problems associated with smokeless tobacco
• Managing Your Health: Addiction (25)
use
• Real True False About Alcohol,
 identify 4 types of tobacco products other than cigarettes
Marijuana, and Inhalants (15)
 explain why environmental tobacco smoke is harmful
• Smoking: The Toxic Truth (26)
 describe two respiratory diseases associated with smoking
• Do you Believe in Magic: Teens and
 explain how smoking affects the cardiovascular system
Marijuana (22)
 describe the relationship between smoking and cancer
 identify 5 other health problems associated with using
tobacco products
 describe laws and school policies regarding teen tobacco use
 explain how using tobacco can lead to social strain
 explain how an addition develops
 explain how tolerance can lead to addiction
 explain how peer pressure can cause adolescents to try
tobacco
 explain how advertisements can influence someone’s
attitude toward tobacco
 explain why it is difficult to quit using tobacco
 describe 3 strategies for quitting a tobacco habit
 describe how smoking causes disruptions in everyday life
 demonstrate 3 ways to refuse tobacco
 explain the difference between positive and negative peer
pressure
 identify 4 reasons to stay tobacco free
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
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WEEK 14
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Teens and Alcohol, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-7, pages 244-267
 list 3 reasons why teens drink
 identify 3 reasons for not drinking
 describe what happens to alcohol in the body
 identify 3 short-term effects of alcohol
 describe 2 effects of alcohol abuse
 explain how alcohol can lead to bad decisions and violence
 explain how a person’s decision to drink alcohol may affect
other people
 identify 3 effects of fetal alcohol syndrome
 explain how alcohol affects a person’s ability to drive
 identify 2 ways that you can prevent drinking and driving
 identify 3 factors that can contribute to a person developing
alcoholism
 explain how alcoholism may affect an alcoholic’s family
 identify 3 pressures to drink that teens face
 explain how people can be influenced by advertisements for
alcohol
 identify 3 questions that can help you resist the pressures to
drink
 describe two ways to have fun without using alcohol
 identify 3 sources of help for drinking problems
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 12
Health TEKS:
1A, 3B, 4A, 4C, 5H,
5I, 5J, 5K, 5I, 6A,
7A, 8A, 8B, 10A,
11D, 12A, 12B,12D,
12E, 12F
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
Dare Officer
United Streaming
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WEEK 15
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Teens and Drugs, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-9, pages 268-297
 explain what a drug is
 describe 5 different ways in which drugs can enter the body
 explain the difference between prescription medicines and
over-the-counter medicines
 define drug misuse
 list 4 rules for using medicines properly
 explain how drug misuse can turn into drug abuse
 describe what drug addiction is and explain how it happens
 describe the difference between physical dependence and
psychological dependence
 describe 5 types of problems that can arise because of drug
abuse or addiction
 describe the effects of stimulants
 identify dangers associated with the use of stimulants
 describe the effects of depressants
 identify dangers associated with the use of depressants
 describe the effects of marijuana
 identify the dangers of using marijuana
 identify the dangers of using hallucinogens
 list 4 reasons to remain drug free
 identify 5 ways to refuse drugs
 describe activities and skills that can help one avoid drugs
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 13
Health TEKS:
1A, 3B, 4A, 4C, 5H,
5I, 5J, 5K, 5I, 6A,
7A, 8A, 8B, 10A,
11D, 12A, 12B,12D,
12E, 12F
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
Dare Officer
United Streaming
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WEEK 16
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Your Personal Safety, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-7, pages 374-404
 identify 4 accidents that happen at home
 describe 2 risks at school
 list 5 ways to avoid violence
 describe what you should do if you find a gun
 list 7 ways to protect yourself from injury
 describe 2 devices that protect you from fire
 list 4 ways to put out small fires
 describe 7 ways to protect yourself while walking
 explain why you should use a helmet while cycling and skating
 describe how seat belts and air bags protect you
 list 4 bus safety practices
 list 2 injuries caused by cold weather
 identify two injuries caused by hot weather
 describe 3 ways to protect yourself while doing outdoor
activities
 describe 4 types of natural disasters
 describe how you can prepare for natural disasters
 describe the 3 steps of handling an emergency
 list 4 things you need to say during an emergency phone call
 describe how to give abdominal thrusts to adults and to infants
 explain how to give rescue breathing to adults and to small
children
 describe the treatment for bleeding
 explain how to care for burns
 describe how to care for a poisoning victim
 describe how to care for broken bones and dislocations
 explain how to care for someone who has a head, neck, or back
injury
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 17
Health TEKS:
4A, 5A, 5B, 5G, 5I,
5J, 5K, 5L, 6A, 6B,
7A, 8A, 9B, 10A,
12B, 12C
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Flipped: Gun Awareness (21)
• Domestic Violence: No One Deserves to
Lose a Smile (14)
• Enviro-Tacklebox: Science in Personal
and Social Perspective: At Your Own
Risk (18)
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WEEKS 17 and 18
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES
Your Changing Body, Decisions for Health
Lessons 1-6, pages 348-371
 explain where your genes come from
 describe how your growth and development are affected by
both heredity and environment
 identify the parts of the male reproductive system
 describe how sperm are made
 list 7 problems of the male reproductive system
 explain 4 ways to protect your reproductive system
 identify the parts of the female reproductive system
 describe the typical menstrual cycle
 list 7 problems of the female reproductive system
 explain 5 ways to protect the female reproductive system
 summarize the role of hormones in growth and development
 describe the development of a fetus
 summarize the stages of childhood
 explain how the physical, mental, social, and emotional
changes of adolescence prepare you for adulthood
 describe what happens to the body during aging
 list the 5 stages of grief
Teacher’s Edition of Textbook
Chapter 16
Health TEKS:
1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A,
2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 3A,
3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5D,
5E, 5F, 5I, 6A,12F
One Step Planner
United Streaming:
• Reality Matters: Teen Sexuality (30)
• Urban Improv: Adolescent Sexuality
(24)
LifeGuard Program, (512) 374-0074, is a very
good resource to bring into classes. The
speakers are trained to speak to students. PISD
has been using LifeGuard in 7th and 8th grade
classes for many years. Free of charge. Consult
with your principal prior to arranging speakers.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Parent permission
slips need to go home with the students at least
10 days prior to starting the unit. Allow parents
the opportunity to preview all instructional
materials PRIOR to teaching unit. Parents may
opt out their son/daughter from instruction.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Kenn Heydrick
Secondary Science & Health Coordinator
Pflugerville Independent School District
Phone (512) 594-0108
Fax (512) 594-0101
Pflugerville ISD – Middle School Health Curriculum – 7th Grade – August 2007
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